Regarding style: Van Halen

[jleraan]

I've been playing almost only Iron Maiden songs until now. I want to start on Van Halen. I've checked him out a little bit myself already, but which songs of him could be allright to learn as a beginning? Any ideas?

[Tele Master]

Ain't Talkin' Bout' Love is super easy.

[jleraan]

I've got the song actually. I've got the tab for it as well. I'll check it out today.

[SLY]

"Hot for Teacher" is killer ... Skip into the rhythm if the intro's tapping is hard for you.
Panama is cool too.

[Dejan Sajinovic]

No doubt that Ain´t Talkin... is cool and easy. Try Running With The Devil too. Teacher is amazing song and the final Van Halen exam would be off course Eruption. Jump is a classic.

[Josh Redstone]

Speaking of Jump, the keyboard part is pretty neat, you could learn that on the guitar. Its not hard at all, except for the solo.

[chris mood]

I always favored the intro to mean streets.

[hairbndrckr]

Beatiful Girls, Is this Love, and Little Guitars.... Classics...

[u10ajf]

Anyone know Spannish Fly? Whooo.. respect!

[Dejan Sajinovic]

Anyone know Caprice 5 (Becker´s verision)? Respect II.

[jleraan]

Allright, thanks for the answers everyone. I've got many of the songs mentioned here.

So Hot For Teacher has a tapping-intro? That's interesting. Actually I'm handling the tapping quite well. Of course I don't tap with the speed of light on first entry, but it get's better as I practice. I can play the Adrian Smith's solo on Children Of The Damned (Iron Maiden) excep for the bends between the tapping sections, I can't figure them out.

Allright, however, I have a lot of Van Halen stuff to dive into now. Thanks folks.

[SLY]

"Hot for teacher" tapping intor involves some streching (fretting hand) which makes it difficult to mute and controle ... Takes some practice to get it perfectly.